cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/35684522

Despite his support for Trump, Ragland has become increasingly vocal about the need for immediate trade resolution. “We desperately need to get something rectified quickly with China, our biggest export customer,” he told CNN. “We wanna encourage the administration to get a proactive trade deal done.”

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[–] 316 points 1 year ago (10 children)

Have they tried budgeting or making coffee at home?

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  • [–] 221 points 1 year ago (19 children)

    This is the Find Out stage.

    Keep voting red you stupid fuckers.

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    [–] 105 points 1 year ago (11 children)

    Farmers will sell their land to someone with more money.

    More consolidation is what this country needs. /s

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  • [–] 98 points 1 year ago

    Oh NO! ALL they wanted was to be able to Kill Black Kids on their Driveway! They DIDNT know it would Effect their WALLETS too!

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  • [–] 91 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Two in the thoughts, one in the prayers.

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    [–] 89 points 1 year ago* (11 children)

    Oh no! If only there had been some way for farmers to know this was going to happen! Like Trump telling them it was going to happen! Or every economist in the country warning it was going to happen! Or Trump doing the same thing in his first term! WHO COULD HAVE KNOWN???

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    [–] 75 points 1 year ago (6 children)
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    [–] 70 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    It's not a dire situation for the people who want his land.

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  • [–] 65 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    WHO COULD HAVE SEEN THIS HAPPENING. AGAIN. AFTER HE CAMPAIGNED ON LITERALLY THE SAME THING THAT CAUSED THIS THE FIRST TIME.

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    [–] 65 points 1 year ago (3 children)
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    [–] 62 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    They can always blame Biden (Joe or Hunter), Obama, or trans people! 🤡🤡🤡🤡

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    [–] 62 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Oh no.

    The consequences of your own voting.

    Just like Canada is, China is specifically targeting people who voted red and I have zero sympathy. In fact, I applaud them in this instance.

    Every one of these people had more than 8 years to see what Trump was like before voting.

    It’ll probably be hard for them to buy some tarifer potash and fertilizer next year after their reduced sales this harvest, but it’s what they wanted.

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    [–] 57 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    The biggest purchaser of soy and corn was the US govt, which purchased it for foreign aid.

    Well the farmers voted GOP because they opposed all that foreign aid, so Trump removed it.

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  • [–] 51 points 1 year ago

    This isn't even a "I never thought leopards would eat MY face" this is more "I specifically asked for my face to be eaten by leopards".

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  • [–] 49 points 1 year ago* (6 children)

    What's that you say? Soybeans are a complimentary crop for corn, and those same soybean farmers will now have to carry this utter loss into corn planting season? I wonder how many farmers fail this season and don't plant next season.

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    [–] 46 points 1 year ago

    Have the day you voted for.

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  • [–] 45 points 1 year ago (12 children)

    Liberals become wishy washy and lose elections

    Let GOP get in charge

    GOP destroys the export economy

    Americans are all now forced to eat mointains of feminizing soy

    The secret long term plot against conservatives to turn them all gay and trans is almost complete!

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    [–] 44 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Fuck these dipshits, they ALL voted for this. Let them all suffer deeply for their stupidity. I hate this timeline where morons are running the show everywhere.

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    [–] 42 points 1 year ago* (3 children)

    Rice and beans, friend. And you got lots of beans to eat.

    Man is racism expensive.

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    [–] 39 points 1 year ago* (8 children)

    Farmers:

    Votes for Trump

    Loses business because of Tariff backlash

    Gets bailed out

    Votes for Trump two more times

    Loses business because of Tariff backlash

    Who could have seen this coming?

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    [–] 36 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Tough shit and the fuckers voted for this disaster. The corporate farms are going to be buying a lot of cheap family farms.

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    [–] 35 points 1 year ago*

    Turns out fascism is bad for international trade. If only anyone could've seen that coming. 🙄

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  • [–] 34 points 1 year ago* (8 children)

    Hoping these mf divas get exactly and specifically what what they voted for.

    Seems like a good time to be a tofu producer.

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    [–] 34 points 1 year ago* (20 children)

    I was about to suggest that maybe not all farmers voted for trump and thus they may not deserve the financial hardship, then I read this

    "Despite his support for Trump, Ragland has become increasingly vocal about the need for immediate trade resolution. “We desperately need to get something rectified quickly with China, our biggest export customer,” he told CNN. “We wanna encourage the administration to get a proactive trade deal done.”

    lol, gfy.

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    That’s ok, you don’t have anyone to harvest them anyway.

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  • In other words, he's republican and expects special treatment than other Americans. Traitors.

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  • [+] 27 points 1 year ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)
  • [–] 25 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    Growing up in an ag state I was shoved propaganda left and right about how great rural states were, that cities depended on us, we were the breadbasket.

    Our crops? Cattle corn and soybeans.

    Cattle corn, aka feed for cattle, inedible for humans, and subsidized out the ass by the gov. So much is overproduced that they literally had to find other usages for it, which is where ethanol comes from. Subsidized corn making cheap fuel to have cars run on subsidized roads.

    Soybeans, also subsidizes, and what is used is mostly exported to other countries like China.

    We provided very little food to our own citizens. You listen to these rural farmers though and they'll tell you up and down how gov payouts and leeches are a drain on society, hooboy do they hate them. Until it's time to get their own check.

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